As promised: Tiramisu recipe.

(Lo prometido es deuda: la receta de Tiramisú.)

Tiramisu is another Italian culinary contribution to Argentinean cuisine. It should not come as a surprise that with the successive waves of Italian immigration during the XX century, Tiramisu has become such an appealing dessert in this country.

In my previous blog: The Son of the Bride and Tiramisu, I briefly discussed this remarkable Argentinean film, in which we are given the clue that mascarpone cheese is the key component of Tiramisu. As promised, below you will find the delicious coffee flavour recipe of my auntie Celia, in both English and Spanish, for those who would like to practise their Spanish whilst cooking a yummy yummy dessert.

I will insist, as usual, that the more you are exposed to Spanish language in context, the sooner you will achieve fluency of this language.

Recipe – Tiramisu (English)

Ingredients

250 g of Mascarpone

3 eggs

4 tablespoons of caster sugar

20 Soletillas biscuits aprox. (sponge lady finger biscuits)

120 ml of strong espresso

4 tablespoons Amaretto (or Brandy)

Cocoa powder

Preparation

1 – Prepare a pot of strong, good quality coffee, and let it cool.

2 – Beat the egg yolks with the sugar.

3 – Fold the Mascarpone cheese slowly into the yolks and mix until smooth.

4 – Whip the egg whites until they are stiff and then carefully fold into the Mascarpone mix, so that the air from the egg whites is kept in the mix.

5 – Mix the cold coffee with Amaretto (or Brandy).

6 – Begin to assemble the dessert in layers in a rectangular container. Quickly dip the biscuits in the coffee for the first layer and put them in the bowl. Alternate each layer of biscuits with the Mascarpone mixture.

7 – Finish with a covering of the Mascapone mixture and finally sprinkle cocoa powder on top.

8 – Place the Tiramisu in the fridge for at least three hours.

Recommendation: leave the Tiramisu overnight in the refrigerator as it gives more time to allow the biscuits to absorb the flavours of the ingredients.

In a previous blog: A Recipe for Almond Cake. Why is This Recipe so Special? we discussed the use of “se”, known as “impersonal”, when giving instructions, in that particular case for culinary purposes.

Now, in the case of the Tiramisu recipe, we can see that we conjugate the verbs in the first person plural, present of the indicative.

These are two different ways of giving instructions in Spanish.

Have you tried this recipe and would like to share your comment? Please do so below.

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Hi, my name is Adrian Sanchez. I am passionate about words and languages, particularly Spanish, the language I learned at my mother’s knee. I am curious about how languages change and evolve.
I am a qualified Spanish Teacher (CLTA) and a journalist. I have taught in literacy campaigns in Latin America and given Spanish tuition in Spain and in the UK.
I would like to share some of my thoughts on the Spanish language; and particularly on what I have learned from my students, who in many ways have become my teachers throughout the years.
Spanish is a vast and beautiful language and I would like you to accompany me on a journey of discoveries.
You can visit my blog here:
spanishtutorinfo.wordpress.com
Email:
hoxtonpanishtutor@gmail.com
Thank you!

Hi, my name is Adrian Sanchez. I am passionate about words and languages, particularly Spanish, the language I learned at my mother’s knee. I am curious about how languages change and evolve.
I am a qualified Spanish Teacher (CLTA) and a journalist. I have taught in literacy campaigns in Latin America and given Spanish tuition in Spain and in the UK.
I would like to share some of my thoughts on the Spanish language; and particularly on what I have learned from my students, who in many ways have become my teachers throughout the years.
Spanish is a vast and beautiful language and I would like you to accompany me on a journey of discoveries.
You can visit my blog here:
spanishtutorinfo.wordpress.com
Email:
hoxtonpanishtutor@gmail.com
Thank you!

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